19157, RE: islam.. Posted by Solarus, Tue Jan-16-01 04:45 PM
Hotep
Excuse me I did not specify myself, "with the spread of ARABIC culture." Islam was born as an intricate part of Arabic culture and expressed Arabic ideals however there it is not the sum total of Arabic culture. My point was that I have not found any evidence of this practice in African cultures before their Islamization or should I say "Arabization."
As you can see this has nothing to do with ending or continuing the practice in an of itself. This was simply an inquiry into the origins of this practice.
You mentioned this is a practice found "mainly in Egypt." I mentioned earlier that this practice was not found in KMT (ancient Egypt). So where did the practice come from? You tell me. I'm curious.
PEace Solarus
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